Railway



(No Model.

H. TAYLOR & D. E. SHERMAN.

RAILWAY.

No. 450,686. Patented Apr. 21, 1891.

717/5 Q 2 J T Z0 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIIRAM TAYLOR, OF NORTHAMPTON, AND DIVIGHT E. SHERMAN, OF SPRING- FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

RAI LWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,686, dated April 21, 1891.

Application filed December 19, 1890. Serial No. 375,268. (No model.)

To aZ Z whom, it may concern: is hollow or more or less resembling a trian- Be it known that we, I-IIRAM TAYLOR, regular tube having a base 2 and upwardlysidingatNorthampton,in the count-yofIIampconverging sides 3 3, which, however, do not shire,State of Massachusetts, and DWIGHT E. meet, but are separated by a considerable 55 5 SHERMAN,residingatSpringfield,inthecounty space at the top of the tie, which runs as a of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, citizens wide seam from end to end thereof. There of the United States, have invented new and is, however, combined with the said tie a useful Improvements in Railways, of which bridge-piece a near each end thereof, the top the following is a specification. of said bridge-piece preferably being in sub- 60 This invention relates to improvements in stantially the plane of the upper edges of the railways, and particularly tometallic ties sides 3 3 of the tie, the horizontal intermedicomprised therein, and to supporting and conate portion of the bridge-piece being located necting or confining devices for the rails, the at a proper place to support the rail, it being object being the provision of a railway structmaintained in its position by means of rivets, 65 ure and appliances intimately relating therewhich pass through the extremities 4. a thereto which are of unusual strength and cerof, which are formed to lie closely against and tainty of confinement,convenient and easy of upon the sides of the tie. application and adjustment, and capable of 1) represents a frost-block. which is shown maintaining the requisite integrity and rias applied at each end portion of the tie, rest- 70 2o gidity of combination. iug upon the bridge-piece a. This frost -block The improved compound tie and coopermay at times be omitted. ating appliances are especially available for B represents a truss-connection for uniting employment at the rail-joints of the railway, the end portions of a pair of the metallic ties for reasons which will hereinafter be made AA,asimilartruss-connectionbeing provided 75 more apparent. between the other end portions of thepair of The invention comprises, in combination, ties, thereby forming acompound tie. This metallic ties, truss connected, and appliances truss is shown in edge view in Figs. 1 and 2, for confining the rails upon the said"ties, and in perspective in Fig. l, and consists of which appliances also serve as rail-joints and a top or chord member 5 and tie members 6 6,. 8o 0 otherwise, substantially as will hereinafter integrallyformed and having thecentral bend, more fully appear, and be set forth in the as at 7, their extremlties 8 Sbeing connected lai to the chord member 5 toward the endsthereof. In the accompanying drawings, compound The united tie members 6 G are preferably metallic ties, the adjacent sections of two formed from a suitablesection of plate metal 85 rails, and rail and tie connecting and railbent by the lntermediate portions into the jointing devices are shown. form substantially as shown, and having the Figure 1 is substantially a view in elevation terminal portions thereof welded or rivetedof the said structure along the inside of the preferably welded-to the end portions of the rail and transversely of the ties. Fig. 2 is a uppermember5,theline of the union being in- 90 similar view in elevation of the same, but as dicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. There seen at the other side of the rail; and Fig. is in this tie-connecting truss a king-post, 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line which is constituted by the T-iron 9, as shown.

8 8, Fig. 1. Fig. a is a perspective view of The said tie-connecting truss is preferably the truss for connectinga pair of the metallic formed, as to 1ts upper or chord member pg ties. slightly crowning.

In the drawings, A A represent metallic The extremities 1O 10 of the trussli'are prirailway-ties, the form thereof which is shown marily supported from the bridge-pieces a a being an approved one, although the invenof the ties, resting, however, directly upon the tion is not necessarily limited to said form. frost-blocks hwhon the latter are employed. I00

Each of the said ties shownis integrally made The rails QC rest a short distance from of a single piece of sheet or plate metal and their ends, which are in or nearly in abutment, upon the top of the said truss, the same being disposed about centrally thereof and ranging longitudinally with the said truss, which latter, as well as the rails, of course traverse the ties.

d and f indicate angle-plates, which, as to the vertical portions thereof, conform more or less intimately to the sides of the rail under the tread, the extremities of the vertical portions of said angle-plates lying closely under and against the shoulders of the rails beneath the treads thereof, and the bases of said angle-plates bear as to portions thereof upon the feet of the rail, and as to other portions thereof upon and along the upper member 5 of the tie-connecting truss. The said angle-plates serve, in the manner of fishplates, as rail-joints, having a length somewhat greater'than the distance between a pair of the ties.

g g represent bolls which pass vertically through the bridge-pieces a, the frost-blocks b, when the latter are used, the end portions of the truss B, andthe bases of the angle plates cl f, and also vertically through and beyond the clips h 1', receiving thereabove the confining-nutsjj.

The angle-plates d f and the rail extremities are horizontally apertured, the bolts 7c k 70 being passed horizontally through said apertured angle-plates and the rails, and, with the confining-nuts, holding the said parts, the one closely in relation to the other.

The truss-connection B is, as shown in Fig. 3, somewhat wider than the base of the rail which is seated thereon, the top of the said truss-connection also constituting a seat for the base portions of the angle-plates d f. The upper chord member 5 intermediately thereof between the post 9 and the points at which the tie-members 6 6 merge into the end portions of the chord member 5 is vertically apertured, as at 12 12, through the portions thereof which are outside of the base of the rail, and which portions form the seats for the bases of the angle-plates, one of said apertures being provided at one side and the other at the opposite side of the longitudinal median line of the said truss. The base of each of the angle-plates d and f is also vertically apertured coincident with an aperature 12 in the truss-section 5, bolts 13 passing vertically through the said truss portion 5 and the bases of said angle-plates held in confin ement by the nuts thereon, as shown.

In the formation of the truss the same is formed crowning at the top, as shown in Fig. 4, in which figure, however, such crown is shown as somewhat exaggerated; and in the ,..,setting up of the parts the bolts g g g g and the bolts-l3 13 force the top of the truss straight and plane to form the continuous seat for the rails and thebases of the angle-plates, there being, however, --dueto the natural deflection or crown of the top of the truss, a tendency of the truss to bear by itsmiddle great, if not greater, firmness than by any other portion thereof.

Owing to the fact that it is practically impossible to maintain the railway for any considerable length of time with the abutting end portions of the rails at exactly the same height, and that there is liable to be, as it were, a step, if ever so slight, at said abutting end portions, it becomes most desirable and advantageous to provide such a support for the extreme rail ends as will resist what is in substance a pounding action of the carwheels at the ends of the rails as the train passes over the railway, and by the provision of the tie-connecting trusses and the application thereof, as described, when the tops are formed crowning, the shattering efi'ects upon the rails and their supporting, jointing, or confining devices are measurably decreased.

There is provided for each tie, on the bridgepiece thereof and outside of and at a little distance from the outer edge of the truss, an angle-brace m which by its base is firmly riveted or bolted to the bridge piece, the riser portion 15 of said brace serving as an abutment and re-ent'orce to the clip '6 at the outside of the rail-joint, the said angle-brace relieving the strain upon the bolts g and con-' stituting a valuable supplemental element in the compound tie for resisting any tendency of the rails to spread.

It will be noticed that the angular-formed clips 1' 1', provided outside of each rail-joint, have their base portions 1.6 of such an extent that when the frost-block b is employed there is a space between the top of the bridgepiece a and the base of said clip, so that when the frost-block is removed and the extremi ties 10 of the truss rest directly upon the bridge-pieces of the ties the said clips may be correspondingly lowered and yet maintain their confining relations with the angle-platef.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

1. In a railway, the combination, with the proximate aligned end portions of two rails, and rail-jointing angle-plates having portions which overlie said rail-end portions at opposite sides thereof, and which have horizontallyextended bases, as described, of a pair of metallic ties and a truss connecting same, the top of which is of a suitable length to extend between and overlie the tops of both of said ties and to form the seat for the rail and said angle-plates. the bases of which latter are also extended to lie across and above both ties, and bolts passed vertically through parts of said ties, said truss-top, and the bases of said angle-plates, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a pair of metallic railroad-ties and a truss uniting same, comprising an upper or chord member which is normally formed crowning, of a rail, a portion theregf seated on said upper truss member, an elongated rail-confining plate having portion directly under the rail-joint witlFag a portion which*-lies along and over the foot IIO of the rail and a base portion which rests on said upper truss member, and bolts passed vertically through suitable portions of the ties, said truss, and said rail-confining plate at different points in the lengths of said parts, confining same closely the one upon the other,

in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a pair of hollow metallic railroad-ties, each having opposing upper side portions thereof separated and united by a fixed metallic bridge-piece, and a frost-block b above each bridge-piece, of a truss for uniting said ties, having its extremities formed fiat and resting on said frostblocks, the elongated rail-confining plates resting on and along the top of said truss, and confining-bolts passed vertically through said bridge-pieces, said truss extremities, and said rail confining plates, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with a pair of hollow metallic railroad-ties, each having opposing and separated upper side portions and provided with uniting bridge-pieces, of a truss interposed between and uniting said ties, railconfining angle-plates having their bases resting on and along the top of said truss at either side of the rail-line and having portions for overlying and confining the rail-feet clips h and t', resting on the bases of said rail-confinin g plates, the bolts passed vertically through said bridge-pieces, truss, said rail-confining angle-plates, and said clips, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination, with a pair of railroadties having angle-braces m m secured on the upper sides thereof at one side of the railline, of a truss uniting said tie, a rail-confining plate resting on the top of said truss and having a portion for engaging the foot of the rail, a clip overlying the base of said plate and bearing by its outer edge against said angle brace, and the confining-bolts, substantially as described.

(3. The combination, with a pair of hollow metallic railroad-ties,'each having opposing and separated upper side portions and unitin g bridge-pieces, and having the angle-braces m m, secured on said bridge-pieces, of a truss uniting said ties, a rail-confining plate resting along the top of said truss outside of the rail-line and having a portion for engaging the foot of the rail, a clip overlying the base of said plate and bearing by its outer edge against said angle-brace, and the confiningbolts, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a pair of hollow metallic railroad-ties and a uniting-truss therefor, of rail-confining angle-plates resting on and along the top of said truss at both sides of the rail-line, having portions for overlying and confining the rail-feet, and also having portions which are upwardly extended and adapted to bear upon the shoulders of the rail, under the tread thereof, angle-braces m m on said ties, and the clips i 2', overlying one of said rail-confining angle-plates and. by their edges bearing against said angle-braces, the confining-bolts 7.; 7o, transversely uniting said plates, and the bolts g g, passed vertically through suitable portions of the ties, the truss, and said rail-confining plates and said clips, substantially as described.

8. In a railway, the combination, with a pair of hollow metallic ties, each having opposite and separated upper side portions and uniting bridge-pieces, and having the anglebraces m m secured on the latter, of a truss uniting said ties, rails lying end to end along and midway of said truss, with their ends over said post, forming center thereof, railconfining angle-plates d f, which rest on the top of said truss and have portions overlying the rail-feet and also portions supporting the rail-shoulder under the tread, and the transverse confining-bolts 7t 7%), the clips 1;, overlying one of said angle-plate bases and bearing by its edge against said angle-braces m, and the confining-bolts g g, vertically applied, all substantially as described and shown, for the purposes set forth.

9. In a railway, the combination, with a pair of hollow metallic ties, each open and separated at its upper side and having uniting bridge-pieces, of a truss having a chord 5, formed normally crowning, and the tie members 6 6 andpost 9, rails lying end to end along and midway of said truss, with their ends over said post, forming center thereof, rail-confining angle-plates d f, which rest on the top of said truss and have portions overlying the rail-feet and also supporting the rail-shoulder under the tread, and the transverse confining-bolts 7t 7t and the confiningbolts 9 g and 13 13, vertically applied with relation to said truss and angle-plates, and said boltsg g also having an engagementwith the said tie bridge-pieces, substantially as described.

HIRAM TAYLOR. DWIGHT E. SHERMAN. itnesses:

WM. S. BELLOWS, G. M. CHAMBERLAIN. 

